Chapter nine
To be honest, it is a bit of a lucky element to be able to win this victory more easily? But if you think about it carefully, it is inevitable.
The four adventurers before were extremely powerful. Even if they used sneak attack methods, the Lich took some effort to kill them all. For this reason, they also paid for their two powerful subordinates. They even consumed a lot of their mana and did not even have time to restore their protective spells.
In this case, if you encounter Palin, who is only higher than the previous four, you will certainly lose but not win.
"I just don't understand why it doesn't run?" Raver said in confusion. "If it ran away directly from the beginning, even if the zombie couldn't run away, it would have been able to run away by itself, right?"
"Because it wants to kill us," Palin explained. "Almost all lichs are filled with extreme hatred for the living. When it finds us, this hatred has greatly hindered its judgment of the situation. Especially Mr. Morton's magic, divine power is what it hates the most, so even if it knows that there is danger, it decides to attack us."
"Isn't this the same as the buffalo that immediately charges wildly when he sees the shaking strip of cloth?" Raver muttered, "The intelligence is worth it!"
"How much wisdom do you expect a pair of skeletons to have?" Reed sneered, "A truly powerful mage will never choose to become a lich. They have ways to prolong their lives and do not need to use such means at all. Even if they want to transform themselves into undead creatures, they will not choose to become bone-like... In short, this guy is just a second-rate guy."
If the sealed lich could hear his words, he would be furious at this moment. It should be noted that any lich was at least transformed by a high-level mage. A high-level mage is considered a second-rate product, so what can be considered a first-class!
After cleaning the battlefield, the corpses of the adventurers and their equipment were put into the space bag. After Palin and the others returned to the town, they would look for the relatives and friends of these adventurers to hold funerals for them.
If you are lucky, you may be able to be resurrected.
As for the rest, it is naturally the spoils.
The remains of the fire element, the corpse of the earthly monster, and part of the lich's body are all good trophys. The heavy armor worn by the zombie is also valuable - but all of them need to be cleaned and purified, and it will be purified after returning to complete the valuation.
In addition, the lich also carries some valuable equipment, but unfortunately they are all stained with negative energy and cannot be used immediately.
"This time I got a good harvest. How do we look back now?" Reed suggested.
But this time it was the taciturn Morton's turn to object. He firmly expressed his intention to continue to move forward, find the lich's nest and destroy it.
The priests became stubborn, and no one could do anything about it. Moreover, Devoll also agreed with Morton's opinion. After Palin and Raver considered it, they also voted in favor.
Four to one, Reed had to mutter and complain, and continue to move forward with everyone.
They walked for about a day and finally found the lich's nest.
After traveling through the magic secret gate discovered by Palin, everyone saw a huge underground space. A large number of corpses were piled up around a huge altar. Various strange plants grew densely in the piles, and many strange monsters appeared in it, as if they regarded this place as a paradise.
Palin almost vomited after seeing this scene, and the others' faces were not good-looking. Morton was even more indignant, feeling that he was almost about to burn.
"Evil!" he roared in a low voice, "must be purified!"
No one would stop him at this time, so everyone started to work together and arranged a huge position with a large amount of tinder oil. A fire ignited the entire altar, the surrounding corpses, plants and monsters.
The burning flames illuminated the dark underground space. The monsters howled and died in the flames. The altar was destroyed by the flames, and the corpses of the dead were finally purified.
The fire burned for a day and a night. After it finally went out, the former Lich's nest had turned into ruins.
Palin and his team searched in the ruins for two days and found many useful things. Perhaps there were many that were not noticed - after they returned to report, the soldiers of Rye Town would come here with the cooperation of the temple priests, completely purify the place and clean it up.
Maybe they couldn't clean up, and there would be other adventurers to try their luck in the future, but all of this had nothing to do with Palin and the others.
In the bitter cold wind in the sky, the huge jellyfish opened its eyes and showed a playful smile.
Although the evil practices of the lich were outrageous, the altar and surrounding arrangements inspired Sui Xiong.
A large number of corpses should have produced huge negative energy, but in fact, except for the altar, the negative energy in other places in its nest is not very strong. Because the demonized plants absorb negative energy, the monsters then use them as food to further purify the negative energy.
In the ashes after the burning, Palin and the others found many magic cores that condensed a large amount of negative energy.
I don’t know whether the lich was intentional or unintentional. In short, through this method, it successfully achieved the collection and condensation of negative energy.
Sui Xiong was completely uninterested in collecting and condensing negative energy to obtain this kind of magic core. But this method gave him great inspiration.
So he found Akane who was working hard to study and had a detailed discussion with him.
Akane was also a person who could understand at all points, and then understood Sui Xiong's meaning. They thought it carefully and thought that this method could indeed be learned from it, so they set up a test site.
The test site is an underground cave where mushrooms bred by Akane that can absorb negative energy thrived here, while Sui Xiong summoned some "herbivores" from the necropolis world to let them use these mushrooms as food.
The monsters who had abundant food grew very fast. When they bred to a certain level, Sui Xiong then stocked "carnivores" in it.
By this time, the concentration of negative energy in the cave was already very low, which even affected the growth of mushrooms. So the monsters lacking food began to die in large quantities, and the corpses piled up like mountains.
Arcain had to invest mushrooms that could decompose corpses and avoid contamination. This type of mushroom turned into food for herbivorous monsters... In short, a small biosphere was finally realized in the cave.
This biosphere uses negative energy from outside as the basic energy source, and produces magic cores that condense a large amount of negative energy. Its biggest advantage is that it can effectively consume negative energy and thus achieve purification.
Above the cave, the originally black soil gradually turned dark brown, and the plants polluted by negative energy gradually turned back to their normal appearance.
About three months later, the land was purified and there was no breath of death on it.
Of course, this is the result of the use of spells. If it is allowed to develop naturally, it may take several years or even more than ten years to finally achieve the goal.
"It's amazing!" Arcain stood on the ground where he could not feel the negative energy at all, and sighed, "I actually used this method to achieve purification! I never thought I could do this!"
Now, he was convinced by Sui Xiong. If reality was a game, Sui Xiong's reputation on his side must have been increased to "worship".
Of course, this method cannot be considered perfect. For example, the underground monsters need to be cleaned up regularly to kill particularly powerful ones to avoid raising terrifying powerful monsters - in that case, the city will be in danger.
But this danger is controllable. The monsters chosen by Sui Xiong are not of powerful combat power. As long as they are cleaned up frequently, you don’t have to worry about raising a tiger.
"I suddenly thought of a game." Sui Xiong looked at the transparent model floating in the air - it was the city they expected to look like. He suddenly had a whim and sighed, "There are towns on the ground, but through the barriers and tunnels underground, it is a huge maze of evil..."
Akane couldn't help laughing: "It sounds really familiar. It seems that the residence of the evil demon king in the legend is like this."
Sui Xiong was not sure whether the evil devil lived in such a place. But he had to think of a way to resolve the negative impact of the maze below his holy land.
Otherwise, if the rumors that "below the holy land of the Void Mask Church are actually a terrifying crypt that cultivates evil monsters" come out in a day, wouldn't I really become an evil demon king?
It was not difficult to get him, because when he thought of that game, he had already thought of a solution to the problem.
"I plan to launch a service in the holy land," he said. "I want to build the underground into a maze, and people are welcome to explore. Before exploring, bind a return to the city technique to them. When they encounter great dangers in the exploration, the spell will automatically inspire them and send them back."
“…It seems to be interesting.”
"Not only that, I will also put some treasure chests in the maze, and put potions, coins, scrolls, equipment in the treasure chest... In short, it is worthwhile for those who are exploring the maze."
"Uh-huh……"
"In this way, I can promote it to the public and launch a tour project like 'Dungeon Adventure', so that those who want to take risks but are afraid of danger can come here to play, and experience the feeling of adventure and treasure hunting!"
Sui Xiong became more and more proud of his words, and the inspiration erupted like a volcano: "And it can also be used as a training base for young adventurers, and continuously cultivate a large number of talents for my church. At that time, I can also hold activities regularly, such as 'If you are a man, just go down a hundred floors', for example 'Golden Monster Hunting', for example 'Summer Special Equipment Collection'... I set up special prizes for every activity to ensure that they can't stop!"
"I also want to open a recharge activity. If I recharge one hundred gold coins, I can communicate underground; if I recharge one thousand gold coins, I can use remote storage; if I recharge ten thousand gold coins..."
Sui Xiong waved his tentacles and spoke in a squirting manner, his eyes shining with golden light, and even began to speak incoherently.
"... At that time, I will build a company and recruit customer service. A whole row of beautiful girls should speak as softly as they are. In short, it's just one sentence."
"How can you become stronger if you don't charge money!"
Chapter completed!